What does 🫴🏽 Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone mean?
🫴🏽 is the Palm Up Hand emoji (🫴) with a medium skin tone (🏽, Fitzpatrick type 4) modifier. It means the same as the default yellow version; the skin tone simply lets people represent themselves or the person they are talking about.
Held out palm-up, this hand looks ready to offer, present or catch something. It fits “here you go”, “gimme” and a beckoning “go on, tell me”. Many people place an object right after it to show they are handing it over, as in 🫴🍪. It can also mean a questioning “well?” while waiting for an answer. Turn it over and you get 🫳, the palm-down hand.
🫴🏽 Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone is an emoji from the People & Body category (hand gestures: open fingers), added in Emoji 14.0 in 2021. People use it in messages about beckon, catch, come, hold, know and lift.
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🫴🏽 Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone looks on each platform.
Palm Up Hand in every skin tone
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Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🫴🏽 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone.
When was the Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone emoji added?
🫴🏽 Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone was added in Emoji 14.0, released in 2021. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Does the Palm Up Hand emoji come in different skin tones?
Yes. Besides the default yellow 🫴, there are 5 skin tone versions: 🫴🏻 🫴🏼 🫴🏽 🫴🏾 🫴🏿. Pick one in the skin tone section above.
Why does 🫴🏽 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Palm Up Hand: Medium Skin Tone. The underlying code (U+1FAF4 U+1F3FD) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.